(Encyclopedia) benedictinebenedictinebĕnədĭkˈtēn [key], sweet liqueur originated in 1510 by Benedictine monks at Fécamp, France, and now manufactured by a secular concern on the grounds of the old…
(Encyclopedia) Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, 330,780 acres (133,860 hectares), N Calif., est. 2015. Jointly managed by Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, the monument extends…
(Encyclopedia) Sand to Snow National Monument, 154,000 acres (62,000 hectares) in the San Bernadino Mountains, S Calif. It rises from the Sonoran Desert floor to Mount San Gorgonio (11,503 ft/3,506 m…
(Encyclopedia) cone or strobilusconestrŏbˈələs [key], in botany, reproductive organ of the gymnosperms (the conifers, cycads, and ginkgoes). Like the flower in the angiosperms (flowering plants), the…
The Neuromuscular JunctionAnatomy and PhysiologyThe Structure of the Muscles and Muscle CellsAll Parts, Big and SmallThe Neuromuscular JunctionYou've Fallen into My Treppe!Sliding Home with…
(Encyclopedia) Mars, in astronomy, 4th planet from the sun, with an orbit next in order beyond that of the earth.
Mars has two natural satellites, discovered by Asaph Hall in 1877. The innermost…
(Encyclopedia) milkwort, common name for the Polygalaceae, a family including herbs, shrubs, and trees found in all parts of the world except New Zealand and the polar regions. Several milkworts (…
(Encyclopedia) AlwandAlwandälˈwänd [key] or AlvandAlvandäˈvänd [key], mountain, c.11,600 ft (3,540 m) high, W Iran. It bears cuneiform inscriptions of Darius I and Xerxes I.
(Encyclopedia) Robert of GloucesterRobert of Gloucesterglŏsˈtər [key], fl. 1260–1300, English chronicler. Possibly a monk of Gloucester, he is known only from the vernacular metrical chronicle of…
(Encyclopedia) Ronne, Finn, 1899–1980, Norwegian-American Antarctic explorer. Ronne graduated from college in Norway in 1922 and immigrated to the United States. His first of nine Antarctic…
